02397cam a22003978i 4500 841 MYCC 20260824162557.0 240809s2024 nju b 001 0 eng 2024031604 9781394204762 hardback 9781394204786 23816890 DLC eng rda DLC MYCC pcc HD2746.5 .L47 2024 658.1/6 23 Lev, Baruch, author. The M&A Failure Trap : Why Most Mergers and Acquisitions Fail and How the Few Succeed / Baruch Lev and Feng Gu. Mergers and AcquisitionsFailure Trap Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, [2025] ©2025 xxv, 214 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Wiley finance series Includes bibliographical references and index. Appetizer: The good, the bad, and the ugly -- The ever-changing nature of M&As (1): Deal characteristics -- The ever-changing nature of M&As (2): Markets and merger sizes -- Internal development: the alternative to acquisitions -- The folly of the conglomerate acquisitions -- Are there "best times" to acquire business (1)? External opportunities -- Are there "best times" to acquire business (2)? Internal opportunities -- Integration - the Achilles' heel of M&A -- Accounting matters -- Killer acquisitions -- Holding onto losers -- Means of acquisition payment: Cash, stocks, or mix? Does it matters -- But what if executives are irrational or self-centered? -- The human elements: Acquisitions, executives, and employees -- Do it yourself: Predict an acquisition's outcome -- How to spring the M&A Failure Trap "Major corporate decisions, such as business restructuring and mergers & acquisitions are also predicated on financial indicators of profitability and asset/liabilities values. This book examines the usefulness of financial (accounting) information for capital market decisions and provides an unsatisfactory report"-- Provided by publisher. Consolidation and merger of corporations. Success in business. Gu, Feng, 1968- author. 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK 0 0 ddc 0 0 MYCCLIB MYCCLIB GEN 2026-08-24 0 658.16 LEV 2025 2026-08-24 16:25:30 2026-08-24 BK 841 841